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Show 1'i QUAKER DOCTOR f AMUSES CROWDS H How (lie Traveling Cure-Alls Advcr- B tisc Their Medicines. K OPENS WITH MINSTKU SHOW. H History of Quaker Sect. Doctor's m? Accomplishments mid what B He Claims. H Somowhnt of a commotion has boon h croat od of Into in Houtliorn Utnh by in tho prosonc of tho "Qunkor Doctor" ft nnd hi8 show. A roproBontatlvo of jK" this paper nttouded ono of his por- K fonnaucos rocontly, and an many of B our rondors who livo iu tho outlying m sottlomonts may not lnTvo had un op. ,4 portunity of attending tho show, wo i publish tho following briof descrip- P tiou of tho conduot of tho ontortnln- E. mout, for thoir benefit. Tho show V wo nttoudod was tho first ono of n i sorios, or nn ongngomout, nnd tho pro- J '6!!! would no doubt bo vnrlod somo- i what on Miccooding nights: . i Tho houso was woll llllod, which , was probably attributable to throo ; causes: First, it was n froo show; ; second, curiosity; nnd third, tho l loud nnd boisterous music of tho darkies, which could bo hoard nearly "i all over town. I Tho troupo was found to consist of I the Quaker (?), two colored nightin- i galos, (ono inoro colorod than tho 1 othor, ) and ono whlto companion ,f. "with a littlo bunch of whlskors on S hlnobln." Thoro is also a Negress K with tho show, but sho was not in m ovidonco upon this occasion. Wo K havo omitted a graphophouo with a r inrgo souuuing num. E - Siai3s-noLD SWAY. W ' V'H Tflu3ih:i8tin1'or tho orilortniuniout h wns.glvon ovor" to tho darkies, tho 1 graphopbono and tho man with tho I whiskers.. Tho colorod individuals I nro very oxport on tho mandolin nnd f guitar and can oxocuto tho Hiawatha two-stop and othor inspiring airs in ' good stylo". All throo mon do n littlo "step," and tho obony-colorod African Afri-can has a volco llko nu avnlauoho, and by his doxtorlty in grimaco-making, produced n groat doal of morrimont and drow forth vociferous applauso. This part of tho show was very muoh Ilkb all miustrol shows. By this tlmo tho crowd had fairly gathorcd and tho "Quaker" took tho platform. OtfAKER TALKS HISTORY. Tho doctor opened his romarks by giving tho uamo and dato of birth of tho first Ogakor, and followod tho ft '- JkP g "fiTtorv 5f tho soct from its oarliest organization down to tho prosont tlmo K when ho clnims thoy havo a mem bership of 600,000. Rohcarsod tho causes that led to thoir immigration to tho United Statos In ordor to socuro religious llborty, tho troaty of thoir loador, William Ponu, with tho Indians, In-dians, tho torturos and porsocutlons to whloh thoy woro Hiibjootod in Bos-toiii Bos-toiii nnd told somothlng of thoir modo of worship nnd tho prlnclploa of thoir crood, making ubo as oftou as ho could romombor to do bo or tno yunicor rorm of tho pronoun "thoo." Tho spoak- or, whllo not an orator, was ovidontly T a person of soma education. Ho ImorolloBsly attacked donti&ts and Utah doctors." Ho oxhlbltod what ho claimed to bo diplomas from various vari-ous medical collegos, including ono from Holdloburg, Gormany, Those woro not examined critically by tho audionco, but woro displayed from tho stand. Following theso woro a dozen or moro certificates from various vari-ous stato boards of medical oxaminers, or what ho clalmod to bo suoh, tho' last ono being from tho stnto board of Utah. GETTING DOWN TO BUSINESS. Having thus established his suporior accomplishments, something, by tho way, very fow college graduates, tako tho trqublo to do, ho proceeded to introdueo tho business of thoovonlng. Ho oxhlbltod a numbor of specimens of tapeworm, cancers, tumors, etc., which ho clalmod to havo removed without tho ubo of a knlfo, and without with-out drawing a drop of blood. Ho said ho had with him a limited quantity of n "gonornl" modlclno, which ho oxhlbltod In packugos, nud just In order to iutrodnco tho samo, it boing his oponing night, ho would offer at ono-thlrd tho regular price, which was ovorywhoro $3 por pack-ago. pack-ago. This modlclno was warranted to euro any enso of tapoworm, worms in children, rhoumntlsm, blllious-uess, blllious-uess, iudigostloii, constipation, gonornl gon-ornl debility, otc. And if throo dosos failed to bonoflt, tho patient's money would bo refunded. Tho corps of ontortaluors woro thonstartod out among tho audionco, each with ono packago. All crlod thoir waros iu loud tones nt tho snmo time, whllo tho dpctor from tho platform continued con-tinued to pour out additional nBsur-nuces nBsur-nuces as to tho value and wondorful curative powers of tho compound, which wns composod exclusively of horbs and wns outlroly harmless. About throo packages of tho horbs woro sold, and each tlmo n snlo Was accomplished tho vondor would proclaim pro-claim tho fact In stoutorinn tones nnd mnko all hasto to tho platform to or-chango or-chango tho coin for a now packago, which was carefully dealt out by tho accomplished physician. Aftor another song by tho "gloo club," tho doctor proceeded to lutro-duco lutro-duco ANOTHER WONDERFUL .MEDICINE. This was iu tho form of nu oil, which wns guaranteed to euro instantly instan-tly any aoho or pain to which tho human family is hoir. Toothache, carncho, colio iu children, wounds and injuries of all kiuds, all alike yioldod immediately to this panacea. To provo its ofilcuoy ho gavo nn in-vitutiou in-vitutiou to any nud nil porsons iu tho house sufToring from toothnoho- or having old "snags" thoy wishod drawn to conio to tho stand. At length ono patient presented himsolf nud tho tooth was withdrawn and tho patieut left tho staud nssurlng thoso with whom ho oamo in contact that ho folt no pain; nolthor was thoro t.jjrbj.ftiwomlurf ul uiL.wa-liM 't t& tho audionco nt the reducod prico of llfty conts por bottlo, tho regulnr soiling prico boing ono dollar. Perhaps Per-haps four or flvo bottlos woro sold. Aftor a song and jig by tho man with tho goatoo, tho doctor nuuouncod tho ontortaiumont for tho bucccodiug ovonlng, and tho porformanco closed with tho presentation of tho "now" nnd laughablo farco, "Ovor tho River, Oharloy. ' ' Whllo tho rosults on tho opouing night must havo boon anything but gratifying, thoro in littlo doubt but that rovouues would incronso as tho doctor converted his hoarors to tho Inoonooivablo worth (?) of his romo-dies. Tills class of ponplo mnko a caroful study of their occupation, and got tho Bubjoct down vory fine. Tbqy mnko tho most astounding professions, profess-ions, nnd claim to bo rondy to wagor n thousnnd dollars on thoir ability to execute thoir claims as willingly as ordinary pooplo in this country would two-and-a-half. It is as much this bravado as anything olso thnt thoy dopoud upon to win them converts. Oftou thoy nro vory clovor ju gglors, too, ami accomplish fonts bordering on tho mirnouloUH, unless you havo insldo information as to how It is dono. |
